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A colorful copper mine, sports stadiums in Greece and Kazakhstan’s Capital were among the first sites imaged by Russia’s Aist-2D satellite, as seen in the mission’ first-light photos released by Roscosmos this week.

A Soyuz rocket is moved to the launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome for the inaugural flight from the new launch facility in Russia’s far eastern region, lifting the Lomonosov, AIST-2D and SamSpace-218 satellites into orbit.

A Soyuz rocket is moved to the launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome for the inaugural flight from the new launch facility in Russia’s far eastern region, lifting the Lomonosov, AIST-2D and SamSpace-218 satellites into orbit.

Russia’s Soyuz launch vehicle rolled out to its launch pad at the new Vostochny Cosmodrome for the first time last week to begin the process of checking the new facility that is set to support Soyuz missions as early as April.